Interim Report – February 2015 #7 (17.02.15)

FRANCE

Equine Herpes Virus-1 (EHV-1) Abortion

On 17th February 2015, Réseau d’Epidémio-Surveillance en Pathologie Equine (RESPE) confirmed a case of EHV-1 abortion on a vaccinated Thoroughbred mare in Calvados, France. The positive diagnosis was made by qPCR on fetal samples by the Frank Duncombe Laboratory, France. There are 80 other horses at the premises.

CANADA

Equine Infectious Anaemia (EIA)

On the 31st January 2015, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported a new case of EIA in Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Animal Health Trust is a veterinary charity, based in Suffolk, which offers clinical referral services and diagnostic testing for horses, dogs and cats in East Anglia, across the UK and internationally. Through its research programmes it develops new diagnostic tests, treatments and vaccines to help thousands of animals.